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The Columbian exchange was the European/Spanish driven back-and-forth of goods between Europe and the Caribbean Islands. European explorers shipped goods such as wheat, poultry and cattle, animals, insects and people, as well as disease, were brought over to the western hemisphere. When they returned home, they stole things like turkey, potatoes, tobacco, corn, and peanuts away to the eastern hemisphere.
This project helped me understand the Columbian exchange better because I not only got to learn more about the crops that grow on this side of the world and how their transfer has affected the things we eat today, but also gave me a deeper understanding of what happened during the era of colonization.
In World History we are learning about ancient Civilizations. We had an activity where we made mud bricks to imitate how Ancient Egyptians built the great pyramids. They had a mold system to make each brick identical. We used a wooded mold and red clay to make a couple of bricks. It was hard work! We also made a hut out of bamboo to imitate Egyptian housing back then. We secured our hut with twine and it's held up for a couple of months now!
Epic Elements connected with all of our classes through this activity because we learned about Ancient Art and construction. We also looked at ancient texts in a language called hieroglyphics. We tied in World lit by writing our own epic about life in Ancient civilizations using all of our different subjects. Geometry and math was also very important to calculate the weight and size of each brick.
Epic Elements connected with all of our classes through this activity because we learned about Ancient Art and construction. We also looked at ancient texts in a language called hieroglyphics. We tied in World lit by writing our own epic about life in Ancient civilizations using all of our different subjects. Geometry and math was also very important to calculate the weight and size of each brick.
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